Hill had 20 possessions. 70% disposal efficiency That's 14 effective disposals. 4 clangers. Only 4 of his disposals were contested. Only 2 score involvements Oh well....if he wants another contract we pay him half what he's on now...maybe if Lethlean goes to Hawthorn, he can take Brad with him and ...

Lyon was NOT offered a new contract in 2011 The club was waiting until the end of the season to make a decision and in all honesty we’re looking for a change (as they were going down the Pelchen path and Lyon and Pelchen despised each other!) In Lyons own words Fremantle did in 8 hours what StK cou...

Lyon was NOT offered a new contract in 2011 The club was waiting until the end of the season to make a decision and in all honesty we’re looking for a change (as they were going down the Pelchen path and Lyon and Pelchen despised each other!) In Lyons own words Fremantle did in 8 hours what StK cou...

Lyon was NOT offered a new contract in 2011 The club was waiting until the end of the season to make a decision and in all honesty we’re looking for a change (as they were going down the Pelchen path and Lyon and Pelchen despised each other!) In Lyons own words Fremantle did in 8 hours what StK cou...

Wrong. Lyon was offered a new deal by St Kilda in 2011 (as was promised to him and his management)....but he was already contracted up until 2012. Hinkley is not contracted beyond this year. His management agreed in good faith that Ross would commit to St Kilda beyond 2012, but Ross ditched them an...

The option that Byrnes took was the low risk option to give us a fifty fifty chance. There's always different options for players. Yes ..I have played footy. ...And ...back in the day if some one was a smart arse they'd cop a clip or an uppercut You're creating a hypothetical situation to try and c...

Have you heard of the saying "play the percentages?" Running at full speed you want him to try and tap the footy to a team mate 2 metres away and you think that's a good/low risk option. Ok then. Sorry... Ronnie did have options. He just has to obviously improve his volleyball skills for ...

Bullshiitt No it’s not. You’re either biased or don’t know what you’re looking at. You'd be hopeless in a court room First quarter we jumped out to an early lead. We were dominating territory. We also got most of the frees. I can understand why you were frustrated because even though we had double ...

Teflon wrote: ↑Fri 16 Jun 2023 12:11am Some truth in that Killa
Think Gallagher wasn’t terrible but his imports haven’t been awesome either

I think Gallagher leaving was a big loss. Better than average strike rate for a list manager. Much prefer him to Silvagni.

Makes sense why he hasn’t had prolific numbers. He’s been instrumental in some of our wins and played poorly (like many of his team mates) in some of our losses. People neglect the fact that he did an AC joint last year and fractured his clavicle this year as well as this current knee issue. I’m st...

And for the record as it hasn't been highlighted elsewhere, Buddy's second goal wasn't a goal at all. He kicked the ball when both his foot and the ball were behind or over the goal line. The commentators were too busy wanking over Buddy to notice. Sick making really. I called that as it happened. ...

Hotton will only have to be a middle of the road midfielder, who turns up consistently to be a better player than Billings in my opinion. Billings is the classic historical St Kilda player who looks good in a bad side and supporters cling to him because they have nothing else to be positive about. ...

Has played 150 games. Until last season he was very durable Injuries happen to players during their careers- his is just happening now. Is Ollie Hotton or Angus McLennen or Nick Coffield or Jack Hayes finished because the can’t get on the park. Robert Harvey played less than 50% of games from 2000-...

Has played 150 games. Until last season he was very durable Injuries happen to players during their careers- his is just happening now. Is Ollie Hotton or Angus McLennen or Nick Coffield or Jack Hayes finished because the can’t get on the park. Robert Harvey played less than 50% of games from 2000-...

Has played 150 games. Until last season he was very durable Injuries happen to players during their careers- his is just happening now. Is Ollie Hotton or Angus McLennen or Nick Coffield or Jack Hayes finished because the can’t get on the park. Robert Harvey played less than 50% of games from 2000-...

Numbers Jack Billings Career Average in AFL 21poss (14 kicks) 0.7 goals 0.7 goal assists 0.35 contested marks 2.7 tackles Phillipou season to date - and I think he’s going to be a great 14 poss (5 kicks) 0.65 goals 0.45 goal assists 0.45 contested marks 2.0 tackles Yes, Phillipou’s numbers will get...

B.M wrote: ↑Wed 31 May 2023 6:19pm They matter

Just not as much as everyone thinks

And quality of team is far more important

I tend to agree. Quality of team is the most important.

A good coaching system does make a difference though.

Umm 🤔 Sicily? Umm 🤔 non selection of proven players? Use of Gresham Nah… he didn’t have a good day Sharman placed on Sicily, ok in 3rd, beaten in 4th. What/who do you suggest would have stopped Sicily? Hawks have specific tactics to isolate him. Non selection of who? Use of Gresham - ?? A missed ch...

A role player is defined as a player who lacks certain tools but has good concentration, generally excellent resilience and can stick to a task, this type of personality is also willing to please. Generally at the elite level most coaches believe you can only carry about 4-6 of these types of playe...

Lol half the sites saying we are no better than last year and you’re saying move on?? I think you’re “reserving judgement” might be just hedging your bets so you can say “I told you so” if drop Get off the fence mate I think it's you!! who actually took an each way bet at the start of the year ...a...

Hard to attack if you haven’t got the ball. It all starts in the midfield. Which is why I suggested trying the likes of Sinclair in the midfield! Sinclair did play mainly in the midfield vs Hawks. All of the 2nd half anyway. Result - lowest possession tally by some margin for the season, and involv...

It's hypocrisy to say that Windy and Bytel need 'development' at VFL level but Mattaes gets to play 11 full games in a row. If you count the 2 practice games against Melbourne and Essendon that's 13 in a row!! I like Pou, but surely we can't be playing favourites if we want to be a successful AFL c...

Forward line - Tick. Doesn't need Membrey in it. Backline - Tick. Wings - (NWM, Wood, Hill) - Tick Midfield - No good. Part of this is players like Higgins, Butler, Gresham, Paton, Byrnes, Stocker, Phillipou - not really mids and can't fit them all forward and back. Philippou and Stocker probably t...

Crouch is certainly a ball magnet, but I don’t rate 30 or35 touches if it means you’re handing back the footy to your opponents a third of the time. Most pundits here (and also the Saints official media team) were claiming Crouch would get a podium finish in the Trevor Barker Medal in 2022. He ende...

As scollop I think pointed out in another thread, Marshall also averages something like 5 clearances, himself, which I reckon trump hitouts to advantage - as there is only a chance with those ending up as clearances. I'd prefer hitouts to advantage, especially Ryder hitouts to advantage. Not really...